Our first episode of the Radio Shakespeare Lab airs on January 4th, but as a special treat, enjoy this interview that Ariana conducted from back in 2018 with James Shapiro about King Lear !
Jim teaches at Columbia University and is a renowned Shakespeare scholar. Author of Shakespeare and The Jews, 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, 1606: The Year of Lear, and most recently, Shakespeare in A Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future, which was on the 2020 New York Times 10 Best books of the year.